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Heart Quote by Louise Glück

“That's why I'm not to be trusted. Because a wound to the heart is also a wound to the mind” quote by Louise Glück — Download Open image

“That's why I'm not to be trusted. Because a wound to the heart is also a wound to the mind”

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Without thinking, I knelt in the grass, like someone meaning to pray. When I tried to stand again, I couldn't move, my legs were utterly rigid. Does grief change you like that? Through the birches, I could see the pond. The sun was cutting small white holes in the water. I got up finally; I walked down to the pond.…

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“They sat far apart deliberately, to experience, daily, the sweetness of seeing each other across great distance.”

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